Metro Atlanta Smog Report
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What the numbers mean
Source: EPA

*Smog alerts are a prediction of the highest smog level on any given day, not a measure of current air quality.


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Frequently Asked Questions
What is smog?
What is ozone?
How does ozone affect your health?
Are there always symptoms?
Why should we care about dirty air?
Who is most at risk from ground-level ozone?
Why does exercise increase our vulnerability?
What about children playing outside?
How can you avoid ozone?
Why is TV (or radio) giving a different smog report?

Local organizations
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA Region 4
Clean Air Campaign
Greater Atlanta Transit Authority Atlanta Regional Commission


What these numbers mean
0-50 CODE GREEN:
Good
Air is safe to breathe.
51-100 CODE YELLOW:
Moderate
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.
101-150 CODE ORANGE: Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should limit prolonged outdoor exertion.
151-200 CODE RED:
Unhealhty

(Smog alert)
Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, should avoid prolonged outdoor exertion; everyone else, especially children, should limit prolonged outdoor exertion.
201-300 CODE PURPLE:
Very Unhealthy

(Smog alert)
Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should avoid outdoor exertion; everyone else, especially children, should limit outdoor exertion.
> 300 CODE BLACK:
Hazardous

(Smog alert)
Everyone should avoid all outdoor exertion

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